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This is Business Live from BBC News with Alice Baxter and Ben Bland.

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Can President Trump make French ties great again?

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With pressure over climate change and trade will there be a meeting

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Live from London, that's our top story on Thursday 13th of July.

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These were the pictures about half an arrogant in Paris whether US

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president has just arrived to be guest of honour at France's bastille

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day celebrations. Plus free trade with the world's used the economy is

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also up for discussion side of the world, with the US saying it wants

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to renegotiate with South Korea. The latest from the markets where Asia

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extended a bit of a global rally, responding well with some data. Here

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in Europe, a bit of a mixed picture. And we'll be getting

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the inside track on how one man's made a sparkling success of British

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wine, despite the industry being overshadowed by its French

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rivals for so long. And as a court rules

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on whether checking potential employees social

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media is legal, let us know, would you be happy for a recruiter

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to look through your social media? In the last hour, the US

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President Donald Trump He's there to celebrate the French

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holiday of Bastille Day But as the White House put it, he'll

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be looking to build on the countries It comes as President Macron told

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a French newspaper this his country "must reform its economy

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to give it more vigour". The leaders will discuss the EU's

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trading relationship with the US, Last year, they sold each other

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this: $686 billion worth of goods. The problem for President Trump

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is it's tilted in Europe's favour. It runs a surplus with the US -

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in other words, it sells more goods to the US than the other way around

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- by this much - $147 billion. Which brings us to this:

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the Transatlantic Trade Talks on the massive free trade deal

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between the EU and US have been suspended since Mr Trump

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came to power. The business world will

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be watching closely. As it will on this -

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the Paris climate change accord - Mr Macron says he will be pressing

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Mr Trump to sign up again, Another source of transatlantic

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tension - European pressure on the big US tech firms

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over tax avoidance. But on Wednesday, a French court

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ruled that Google is not liable And there might be

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more common ground. Mr Trump has demanded

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European members of Nato Mr Macron agrees -

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he's pledged to increase France's defence spending to Nato's

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target of 2% of GDP, Cloe Ragot is a France

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analyst with Eurasia Group, who advise businesses on political

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risks. Cloe, a very good welcome to

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Business Live. Just before we get onto it, I just wonder, these are

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two men, similar back story, the ground in the corporate world who

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have then gone on to take the top job in politics but very different

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personalities. How do you think that will play out in these discussions?

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They both have an interest to actually work together, so I think

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despite all the disagreement, as we know, on climate change, on trade,

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and also to some extent on defence, I think they will just avoid those

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topics and focus, for instance, on, you know, more trade relation, and

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also on counterterrorism. One of the things that we touched on just there

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was the trade deficit that the US has with the European Union. It has

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been a clarion call that Trump has gone back to time and time again,

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that he doesn't like these imbalances. What hope do you think

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there is, then, of getting him to restart talks on the Transatlantic

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Trade and Investment Partnership, a free-trade deal, when there already

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exists this imbalance? I think it is actually very unlikely that the

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talks will restart while Trump is in power. I think one of the main

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platforms actually off is to fight against this tax avoidance, so you

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also mentioned Google, it is very unlikely that they would find some

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agreements in the short-term. We also mentioned earlier the discord

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over climate. Trump very publicly pulled the United States out of the

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Paris accord. Macron has been very vocal in his approval and that. --

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in his approval of that. Macron hopes he will be able to persuade

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Trump to come back into the Paris agreement. However, we actually

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don't think that Trump will rejoin the Paris agreement, and that is

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exactly also one of the main reasons why it was quite surprising that he

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was invited for the 14th of July. 13th and 14th of July in France.

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Such an important day in France, yes. Thank you very much, Cloe.

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Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news...

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The maker of Havaianas - perhaps the world's most famous

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brand of flip-flops - has been sold for $1.1 billion.

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The company which owned it is looking to raise cash

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after being caught up in Brazil's corruption scandal.

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Havaianas are one of Brazil's best-known international brands,

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with over 200 million pairs of flip-flops sold per year.

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The boss of Qatar Airways says it still plans, despite the US airline

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is deciding to terminate the pair's are sharing agreement. On Wednesday

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American airline said it was ending its co-share deal with both Qatar

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airlines. It said it believed the two were getting a legal state

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subsidies, something which they denied.

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Irish business leaders have called for a the European Union to provide

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a state aid programme worth more one billion euro state aid programme

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from the European Union in order to protect Irish firms in the event

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The Irish Business and Employers Confederation said that if Britain

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left the customs union, it would massively disrupt trade,

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Britain is Ireland's largest trading partner,

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The US has said it wants to renegotiate what it's calling

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a lopsided trade deal with South Korea.

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Monaco, tell us more. The news is not much of a surprise to the South

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Koreans. The President met with the Trump administration in Washington

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just last month, and may walk away with a message that the US felt that

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the free trade agreement is not a great deal. South Korea is a major

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US economic partner, more than $144 billion of goods and services was

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traded between the two countries last year. In 2012, the Obama

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administration said the FDA would boost its businesses, but exports

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have declined almost 3% since the deal went in effect, and at the same

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time imports from South Korean companies have increased by about

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23%. The US Trade Minister said yesterday he wants to have talks

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with the Moon administration within 30 days, however that might be a

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problem for the South Koreans. President Moon is yet to appoint the

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top trade post and it may not be filled in time. Thank you, let's

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stay in the region. Let's stay in the region now

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where some Asian shares scaled They took their cue from Wall Street

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which posted record peaks. That followed the testimony of Fed

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chief Janet Yellen who sounded more doveish than many had expected -

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talking of a gradual approach to tightening as the US continues

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to grapple with low inflation. Equities were underpinned

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by a drop in bond yields Sentiment also got another boost

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when China reported upbeat data Only Japan's Nikkei was somewhat

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restrained by a firmer yen Here in Europe, markets have

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also opened slightly up. We're expecting news out

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from ASOS and Astra Zenica. And Michelle Fleury has

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the details about what's ahead One of the major US airlines, Delta,

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reported second -- reports second-quarter earnings this

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Thursday. Wall Street hopes it will point to clear skies ahead. Last

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week, the carrier said its revenue per passion Joe was up, helped by

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improving average fares. -- per passenger. The number two US airline

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by passenger traffic is expected to post a rise in quarterly profit.

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Another company turning in its report card is Cargill. Full-year

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results for the privately held global commodities trader are likely

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to get a boost, thanks to healthy exports of US beef, but a glut of

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global seeds, that is likely to weigh on its agricultural business

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division. American central banker Janet Yellin delivers her second day

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of monetary policy testimony to the Senate bank committee. On Wednesday

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she told US lawmakers that interest rates would not have to rise all

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that much further to reach the third's mutual level, and that's

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sent stocks and the Dow to record levels.

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Joining us is Jane Foley, senior currency strategist at Rabobank.

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Janet Yellin's testimony, much awaited, and it has, you know,

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caused some movements, as expected. Certainly, and really was the tone

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of her comments. The Federal Reserve have been hiking interest rates for

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a while and this year they have done it twice, and their official

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guidance suggested we would do it again this year and maybe three

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times next year, but of course inflation in the year has been

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required benign, as in most other countries, apart from the UK.

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Yesterday, Janet Yellin gave me a little bit of good news. She sort of

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implied that maybe she was a bit more concerned about inflation and

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she had previously been, and suggested that maybe they may not

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therefore hike interest rates this year. Good the stock markets, good

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for risk and that is what the market reacted to. It pushed the Dow to a

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record high close. Yes, and softened the dollar a little bit as well. You

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are quoted on this story in the FT this morning. Canada, the Canadian

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dollar, the Looney, I love that term, rocketing for the first time

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in seven years. Again, this Israeli interesting, in the context of all

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the developed countries and missed the session of whether they will

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hike interest rates more generally. The market was anticipating this,

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they had a couple of comments from the governor and the deputy governor

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suggesting that they might, but what surprised the market was the

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statement that accompanied that interest rate hike, because they

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seem to suggest they would do it again, even though their inflation

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target is roundabout 2% and then inflation rates are round 1.3. So

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they are suggesting what is bearing down in Canada in inflation is

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temporary, and interestingly the Fed is saying that as well. But every

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country in the GTN, temporary... Inflation is quite benign, but not

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at the place had previous economic cycles abroad. See you later to go

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through some business papers. We'll meet the man making

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a sparkling success of English wine despite the industry

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being overshadowed by its I think we get to try some here on

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Business Live! Southern Rail owners GTR have been

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fined ?13.4m for poor performance. The firm has experienced waves

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of industrial action on its Southern rail route over the past year,

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much to the continuing Theo Leggett is in our

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Business Newsroom. Fiola, tell us more. OK, well, as

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anybody who has travelled on southern over the past year has

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known it has had a pretty rough time of it. 58,000 services or

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thereabouts were cancelled last year, and on various occasions the

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network came almost to a grinding halt. The biggest factor in that was

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a dispute between GTR and train staff. The unions, who claimed that

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the company's attempts to try and make drivers responsible for opening

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and closing doors and changing the role of conductors was unsafe. That

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was the biggest factor in all the delays. There were others. What the

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government has been doing is examining whether or not GTR was in

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breach of its franchise agreement, and they have imposed this fine of

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?13.4 million, and suggested at the same time that, although there were

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problems at Southern, most of them or not the franchise operator's

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fault. And therefore the fine could have been a lot higher, if they

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decided that the industrial action and all that kind of thing was the

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responsibility of the franchise holder. It appears they have decided

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that is the case. Is that is why Southern has been penalised, but

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what response has there been to this decision? It will come as a relief

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to the majority owners of GTR, go-ahead group. Have a look at this

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graph, in February they issued a profits warning and the share price

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came crashing down. That profits warning was largely due to problems

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at Southern. So for go-ahead group to get this behind them, and to say

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that it could have been a lot worse, that is good news. Obviously the

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unions are taking a different viewpoint. The RMT has come out and

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said this is a whitewash. Consumer groups don't seem too happy about it

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either. Plenty more on the website. It is

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updated throughout the day. The story on the other moment, Mike

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Ashley of Sports Direct, he has bought a 25% stake in computer

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gaming group. Two weeks ago, shares plunged after issuing a profit

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warning. You can read all about it on the business pages online. You

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are watching Business Live. The US president has just arrived in France

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where trade will feature heavily in his talks with President Macron.

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Markets have just opened in Europe. A mixed picture. Not necessarily

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following the global rally we saw in Asia overnight.

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The thought of wine probably conjures up images of vineyards

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But increasingly wine from Britain is starting

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The English wine industry grew 16% between 2015 and 2016

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with revenues rising to $170 million.

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By comparison, French wine sales exceeded $13 billion in 2015.

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We're joined by Charlie Holland, CEO and head winemaker

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Very warm welcome. Thank you for having me. Particularly warm welcome

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as you have brought some sparkling wine with you! I will try and do

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this without making a mess. No one is watching! We mentioned in

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the introduction that as an English winemaker, do you feel there is a

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snobbery about your product? Are people asking, why would I buy

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English when I can buy French, Italian, New Zealand? It used to be

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the case ten years ago, people said that, but there has been a big

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change in people's perception towards English sparkling wine. I

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think one of the reasons is the international competition results we

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have had over the numbers of years where we have been pitted... The

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best sound in the world! Pitted against some of the best sparkling

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wines in the world and people recognise the quality is there now.

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This is obviously sparkling wine, we just heard the pop, 95% of what you

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produce is sparkling, why is that? We focus on predominantly sparkling

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wine. Our climb it really is ideally suited for sparkling wine production

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-- our climb it. We are able to fully ripe and the grapes but we are

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able to maintain the acidity which is important for sparkling wine. You

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mentioned the acidity, that used to be one of the stigmas attached to

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English wine, it was too acidic. How have you approached that marketing

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challenge of changing perception? It is about making the best possible

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product we can. We have some exceptional vineyards and where we

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are based in the south-east of England, in the Kent countryside,

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the Garden of England, known for producing some of the best grapes

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and fruit in the world. The climate is very similar to the wine

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producing regions of, say, France. Very similar to northern France, in,

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for example, Champagne. Sparkling wine is what we can compete on a

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world level at. Has the weaker pound helps? We are seeing a lot of

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appetite for our wines abroad, we are exporting to 14 different

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countries. The falling pound is actually quite a good thing for us

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going to export marks -- markets. Slightly distracted! The UK's

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climate does not seem to naturally lend itself to some grapes that

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would necessarily make a nice wine? For sparkling wine, we have the

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perfect climate. If you were trying to make a blockbuster red wine, that

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might be more challenging. But for more refined and elegant wines that

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have a lovely vibrancy to them, our climate is perfect. I feel like it

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would be rude not to. Cheers! Just to spoil the illusion, they are

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plastic glasses, for safety, but still... That is lovely. That is why

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you did not hear the clink. Lovely. Really smooth. Even at this time in

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the morning, still lovely. Thanks very much.

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We are also talking about artificial intelligence.

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It has been accused of threatening everything from jobs

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It's also being called the most important technology to come

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along since electricity, and companies are racing

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Microsoft has outlined a code of ethics.

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Here's our technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones:

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What if artificial intelligence could see your world and interpret

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it for you? Microsoft engineer who is blind is showing me a new app

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called seeing AI designed to help visually impaired people. As well as

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reading text, it can tell him about the people in front of him, as

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sometimes he gets it wrong. 50-year-old man looking happy. I am

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getting younger by the minute! This is an application close to my heart

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but the general AI is applicable in so many different ways. From around

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the world, Microsoft scientists came to London to show off their

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projects. Like this live translation system for presentations. Or

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software which can search through hours of closed-circuit TV, as well

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as staking a claim as a leader in this technology, the firm has come

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up with ethical principles for AI. Microsoft believes we are creating

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AI to amplify human ingenuity, not to compete with it. The human is the

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hero. I want to endow you with superpowers. Microsoft is just one

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of the tech giants battling to profit from advances in artificial

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intelligence which are giving computers skills once restricted to

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humans. They are learning to see, one example, driverless cars can see

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exactly where they are going. They are learning to hear what we say to

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respond to it. Amazon's Alexa can respond when we asked them to give

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us the news or recommend a restaurant. They are even making

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judgments. For instance, on whether a scan shows a malignant tumour. In

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this battle over this crucial technology, Google and Facebook are

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spending vast sums on research, but China refuses to be left behind.

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Investing heavily to build robots who will take over from humans in

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the vast factories. It looks like AI will transform the economy as it

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transformed industries, potentially make us all wealthier and happier

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and the companies who get their first will take the spoils, the

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rewards. You have to come out loud and strong. Progress in artificial

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intelligence has been more rapid in recent years than even the

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scientists predicted and companies like Microsoft know they cannot

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afford to fall behind. What other business stories have we got? Senior

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currency strategist joins us once again. One we were picking out, the

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article in the FT about EU regulators trying to clamp down on

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prospective employers searching people's social media pages? The

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story references the fact 60% of employers look at social media in

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order to get a picture of the potential employee. What this says

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is that they may not be able to do that. Certainly they should ask the

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prospective employee for their permission. And even if the data is

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public, they cannot assume they can use it for their own purposes. We

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were asking people today to tweet on that topic, how would they feel? A

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lot of responses. Thank you. Dale says, and intrusion of my privacy,

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but the posts are in a public setting. Linda says, take a look if

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you wish. Damian says, an invasion of privacy. Dave says, perfectly

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happy, I only post things I would be happy to hear about myself on BBC

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News. How would you feel? Is that something you feel is commonly

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practised in the financial services? I know that the hiring process in

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the financial services is very detailed. You have to fit a certain

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type of person because of the regulator, the criminal potential in

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the industry. I think the people again, this has just been mentioned,

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that should be most concerned our young people who might perhaps be

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doing foolish things, posting them on a chat site, and years later, it

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comes back to home. I know that at some schools there are warnings

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going out for the last few years, be careful what you post, these things

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could be on there for ever and they might not do you good later on. You

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do not think about that when you 14. Thank you very much. We will see you

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soon. Thanks for watching. Quite a chilly start for some,

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especially in rural areas. Largely dry and plenty of sunshine

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